By Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Noah Oppenheim was primed to gain oversight of all the operations of NBC News and MSNBC.
Instead he has a new boss with those very responsibilities – and more. Oppenheim was named president of NBC News in February of 2017 and had been cited publicly by former NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke as his choice to succeed Andy Lack, the chairman of MSNBC and NBC News.
He rose quickly through the ranks thanks to his touch with the company’s venerable “Today” morning franchise, which has become newsier and more direct under his watch.
His “Today” captures the bulk of viewers between 25 and 54, the audience most coveted by advertisers, beating rival “Good Morning America” at ABC.
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